He Who Dares (IRE)
He Who Dares is a gelding by Harzand out of an In The House mare who has won one of 13 starts on turf. His sole success came in the Clearwater Construction Handicap Hurdle at Wexford in Jul 2026 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground off an official rating of 80. Typically held up he finished fifth of 11 in the WillWeGo.com Handicap Hurdle at Downpatrick in Aug 2026 when last raced off his career-high mark of 89.
- 1–13Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 2 (15.4%)Placed
- +0.00£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=13 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 10dBetween runs (median)longest 271 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 121
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 121A | 71 | 4 runs · 121 / 78.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 121A | 76.5 | 3 runs · 121 / 106 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 104A | 87 | 2 runs · 104 / 88 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 104A | 88 | 2 runs · 104 / 88 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 13 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 13 analysed runs since Mar 2025
- Held up 10 (77%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 3 (23%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,106 runs since Jul 2020 (140 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.5% from 249. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9% from 122.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | +3.4 | — |
| Good | 339 | 48 | 14.2% | +0.9 | 1 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 185 | 28 | 15.1% | +1.8 | — |
| Soft | 295 | 35 | 11.9% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 101 | 17 | 16.8% | +3.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 9 | 7.1% | −6.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 69 | 7 | 10.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 122 | 11 | 9% | −4.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 259 | 28 | 10.8% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 326 | 51 | 15.6% | +2.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 249 | 41 | 16.5% | +3.2 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 72 | 9 | 12.5% | −0.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2020 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Fourofakind (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Fourofakind (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourofakind (IRE) | 37 | 4 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 1 | 8% | +1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramore | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Downpatrick (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Enright | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Miss N Lockhead Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ryan Treacy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aidan Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 1 | 9% | +2.00 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | +5.00 |
| Flat | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Aug 26+25d | Downpatrick (IRE) | WillWeGo.com Handicap Hurdle Held up towards back of pack - improved into 5th before blundering 3 out - pushed on in that spot - checked on inner after final flight and unable to find more finishing 5th | 5/11 | shd | 11-4 | 89 | 121A | 104A | Phillip Enright | 11/8F |
| 06 Aug 26+30d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap Held a midfield spot early - 4th at halfway - driven forward to move through the field inside the final two furlongs - nosed in front approaching the last 150 yards before being caught right at the line | 4/9 | nse | 10-7 | 60 | 72A | 63A | Miss N Lockhead Anderson | 5/1 |
| 07 Jul 26+4d | Tramore | August Festival August 13th - 16th Handicap (0-60) Unhurried start - held up towards the back of the pack - 7th at halfway - up to 4th over 2f out - denied a run 2f out but driven out to finish strongly inside the final furlong | 3/12 | ½ | 10-4 | 60 | 104A | 83A | Ben Coen | 6/1 |
| 03 Jul 26+24d | Wexford | Clearwater Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Held up at the back early - improved into the pack by halfway - up to 6th with 3 to go - driven approaching the following fence and squeezed for space with a furlong left after moving into 4th - stayed on strongly to get up in the final strides | 1/13 | 10-8 | 80 | 106B | 97A | Phillip Enright | 12/1 | |
| 09 Jun 26+10d | Sligo | Crawford Tiles And More Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up at the back - blundered 4 out - dropped away steadily and finished a long way behind | 16/16 | 47 | 10-8 | 82 | 33C | 74C | Aidan Kelly | 22/1 |
| 30 May 26+271d | Tramore | Get A Free Month Trial Of Racing TV Now racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up in the pack early - remained detached throughout the middle stages - driven approaching 3 out but found little more - well held at the finish | 11/15 | 1 | 10-11 | 83 | 51B | 80A | Brian Hayes | 25/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Sep 25+10d | Roscommon | Racing Here Again On September 29th Maiden Held up towards the back - made no headway from 3f out - well held at the finish | 10/15 | 3 | 10-2 | — | 59C | 65C | Seamie Heffernan | 200/1 |
| 22 Aug 25+8d | Killarney | HR Buddy (Q.R.) Race Held up in the back markers - up to 7th by halfway then 6th and asked for effort early in the straight - unable to make ground - faded with 2f to go | 6/9 | 14 | 10-11 | — | 87C | 62C | Miss N Lockhead Anderson | 300/1 |
| 14 Aug 25+10d | Tramore | Join Us For Hurling For Cancer Research Supported By Centra 18th August (Ladies) Maiden Held up at the back - still 10th at halfway before creeping into it 2f out - unable to close final furlong and finished well held | 8/10 | 2¾ | 10-7 | — | — | 55A | Miss N Lockhead Anderson | 66/1 |
| 04 Aug 25+115d | Cork | Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Settled in the pack early - 10th at halfway - driven on after 4 out but unable to close - well held at the finish in 12th | 12/17 | 8½ | 10-10 | 85 | 82C | 74C | Phillip Enright | 18/1 |
| 11 Apr 25+10d | Ballinrobe | Tim Kelly (C & G) Maiden Hurdle Held up at the rear throughout - drifted left at the second-last - no impression made on the finish - well held in 14th | 14/15 | 9½ | 10-10 | — | 71C | 84C | Ryan Treacy | 150/1 |
| 01 Apr 25+12d | Limerick | Limerick Maiden Hurdle Held up towards back of field - improved into contention after 3 out - lost ground before 2 out - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/16 | 2 | 11-7 | — | 62C | 101C | Phillip Enright | 80/1 |
| 20 Mar 25 | Cork | Welcome To Student Raceday 2025 Maiden Hurdle Held up at the back from the outset - lost touch by halfway - well beaten out the back through the finish | 15/19 | 3 | 11-7 | — | — | 96C | Ryan Treacy | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has He Who Dares won?
- He Who Dares (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 2 times in total (15.4% of starts).
- Who trains He Who Dares?
- He Who Dares (IRE) is trained by S Curling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 August 2026.
- Who is He Who Dares's sire?
- He Who Dares (IRE) is by Harzand (IRE) out of In The House (IRE), whose sire is Montjeu.
- What going does He Who Dares prefer?
- He Who Dares (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 12 starts (8.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is He Who Dares's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 89, from the run on 31 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is He Who Dares's sire's record?
- Harzand (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,106 runs since Jul 2020 (140 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.5% from 249. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9% from 122.
- Who are He Who Dares's siblings?
- Out of In The House (IRE), He Who Dares (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Fourofakind (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Fourofakind (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.